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Passionate Love: Inspired by Angels or Demons?

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The Psychology of Love and Hate in Intimate Relationships

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Passionate love is a universal emotion. Researchers have found that people in love have many advantages: it is known to improve both psychological and physical health. When things go badly, however, lovers may suffer: the pangs of rejection, jealousy, sadness, and anger. People can learn both from the joy of fulfilling relationships and pain from the ones that go awry.

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  1. Department of Psychology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 3334 Anoai Place, Honolulu, HI, 96822, USA

    Elaine Hatfield & Victoria Narine

  2. Department of Psychology, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France

    Cyrille Feybesse

  3. Department of History, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, USA

    Richard L. Rapson

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Hatfield, E., Feybesse, C., Narine, V., Rapson, R.L. (2016). Passionate Love: Inspired by Angels or Demons?. In: Aumer, K. (eds) The Psychology of Love and Hate in Intimate Relationships. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39277-6_5

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